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Ecuador
Quito
Manuela Cañizares, a lady from Quito committed to the independence cause. They decided to meet a group conformed by Creole nobles, doctors, marquises with the objective of organizing a supreme governing board. -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
The first Board of Buenos Aires (05-25-
1810) organized three military campaigns to subdue the Spanish forces from the interior, but
they were not successful. -
Chile
First Junta
September 18th
In this process, Chile was no exception, and on September 18, 1810, the Cabildo de Santiago summons the neighbors to the First Government Board of the Kingdom of Chile. Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, Count of the Conquest, is elected as the king's representative to the residents of Santiago. -
Ecuador
Quito's
massacre
The heroes of the First Cry of Independence were assassinated. -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
Assumption The spontaneous revolution liberated Paraguay
Jose Artigas
Oriental Band
Battle of Las Piedras Siege of Montevideo -
Chile
The Battle of Rancagua was a military confrontation that occurred on October 1 and 2, 1814 in the city of the same name in the context of the Chilean War of Independence. -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
A federalist initiative was led by the
General José de San Martín, who promoted the
Congress of Tucumán, which founded the Provinces
Nations of South America (September 7, 1816).
Federalists
vs.
Centralists -
Chile
Finally, the Crossing of the Andes began (12-
01-1817) by six different steps. Had
4,000 soldiers and 1,200 militia relief troops. The crossover was epic, but, just as it was
planned, the six columns met less
a month later in the Aconcagua valley.
The battle of Chacabuco was immediately fought
against the royalists, with an overwhelming victory of the
Army of the Andes (02/12/1817). -
New Granada & Venezuela
In 1817, Bolívar, Piar,
Páez and other Venezuelan chiefs reactivated the war. -
Chile
He suffered a serious defeat at Cancha Rayada (03-19-
1818), triumphed in the decisive battle of Maipú (5-
04-1818), ensuring the independence of Chile. -
New Granada & Venezuela
Bolívar faced and defeated Morillo in Calabozo in 1818. Later, however, Morillo counterattacked and defeated Bolívar in the Aragua valley. -
Chile
Final victory
April 5th, 1818 -
New Granada & Venezuela
Then Bolívar crossed the Andes and defeated
to the royalists in the battle of Pantano de Vargas
(July 25, 1819). After joining the patriotic troops of Cundinamarca, under the command of Francisco de Paula Santander, they triumphed in the battle
de Boyacá (8-07-1819) that sealed the independence of New Granada. -
Ecuador
Guayaquil's independence was proclaimed (10-09-1820). -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
ARGENTINA
Final victory
February 1st, 1820
Battle of Cepeda -
Peru
San Martín sailed from Valparaíso (08-20-1820)
with a fleet of eight warships and 16 of
transport, and 4,500 men from the armies of
the Andes and Chile. Landed in Pisco (8-09-
1820), and forced the royalist army to retreat towards
the range.
20,000 soldiers made up the forces
royalists in the viceroyalty of Peru. Most
Lima defended them. San Martín advanced by
sea, securing each port until it put
I surround Lima. -
New Granada & Venezuela
The royalist army is defeated in the battle of Carabobo, the final victory of the
Independence of Venezuela (06-25-1821). -
New Granada & Venezuela
Final victory
June 25th, 1821 -
Peru
The uprising in favor of the independence of the royalist regiment Numancia - made up of Venezuelans and Quito residents - opened a San Martín doors
of Lima (5-07-1821), and forced the viceroy La Serna
to leave the city and go into the mountains,
with an army still very large. -
Peru
San Martín declared independence (07-28-
1821) and was appointed Protector of Peru with
full civil and military authority. -
Ecuador
The arrival of
patriot army commanded by Antonio José
of Sucre, and his triumph in Pichincha (24-
05-1822), with which
the independence of the great colombia culminated. -
Ecuador
Final victory
May 24th, 1822 -
Peru
Final victory
December 9th, 1824 -
Peru
Battle of Junin
Battle of Ayacucho
The Battle of Ayacucho was one of the last major war conflicts between the pro-independence of the Upper Peru region and the Spanish. This was carried out in 1824, in Peru, and meant the end of Spanish domination over South America.
The battle of Junín was a warlike conflict that took place on August 6, 1824, in the Junín area, Peru, and in the middle of the process of independence for the American territories colonized by Spain. -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
Uruguay entered in a war with Brazil. -
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
URUGUAY
Final victory
1828.